Arkansas State football coach Gus Malzahn watches the Red Wolves play Louisiana-Monroe in a Sun Belt Conference game on Nov. 8, 2012, in Jonesboro, Ark. (AP Photo, Jonesboro Sun/Krystin McClellan)

MOBILE, Alabama - Arkansas State football coach Gus Malzahn, who served three seasons as Auburn's offensive coordinator, will be the guest speaker on Monday for the New Horizons Credit Union 1st and 10 Club meeting at Heron Lakes Country Club. The meeting starts at 5:30 p.m.

Before taking over the ASU program, Malzahn was Auburn's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2009 through 2011, directing a record-setting, no-huddle attack.

The Tigers posted a 30-10 record during Malzahn's time on the Plains, highlighted by their undefeated 2010 season, which was capped by a victory over Oregon in the BCS national championship game. That season, Auburn quarterback Cam Newton won the Heisman Trophy, and Malzahn was named the winner of the Frank Broyles Award, presented annually to the nation's top assistant coach.

Malzahn could be back in Mobile in less than three weeks at another 1st and 10 Club function. The coaches for the teams in the GoDaddy.com Bowl will be introduced on Dec. 6. The GoDaddy.com Bowl, which will be played in Ladd-Peebles Stadium on Jan. 6, matches a team from the Sun Belt Conference against a squad from the Mid-American Conference. Arkansas State beat Northern Illinois 38-20 in last season's GoDaddy.com Bowl.

Malzahn's Red Wolves lead the Sun Belt with a 5-1 conference record heading into Saturday's game at Troy. After an open date, Arkansas State finishes the regular season on Dec. 1 against Middle Tennessee, which is second in the Sun Belt standings with a 4-1 league mark.

The GoDaddy.com Bowl has the second selection from the Sun Belt this season, with the New Orleans Bowl getting first crack at the conference's champion.

Arkansas State is 7-3 overall, with its losses coming against Oregon, Nebraska and Western Kentucky. The Red Wolves' victory total is their second-best since joining the NCAA FBS in 1992 behind their 10 wins last year under Hugh Freeze, who is now the coach at Ole Miss.

As Auburn has slumped to a 2-8 record this season, speculation has included Malzahn as a possible replacement for current Tigers coach Gene Chizik if he does not keep his job. Malzahn's name also has been floated in connection with the North Carolina State position if the Wolfpack does not retain Tom O'Brien.

Malzahn turned down an offer to become Vanderbilt's head coach after the 2010 season.

Before joining Auburn, Malzahn served two seasons as the offensive coordinator at Tulsa and one season in the same post at Arkansas. Tulsa won the GoDaddy.com Bowl in both of Malzahn's seasons directing the Golden Hurricane's attack. Before that, he spent 14 years as a high school head coach in Arkansas, winning three state championships.

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